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A shipload of badly needed rock salt is expected to land at Port Newark today, to be followed by a second ship scheduled to dock in the middle of next week, but officials said it will take several shiploads to bring empty salt sheds across the state back to the full mark.

While officials from International Salt Company of Clarks Summit, Pa. said that one ship is scheduled to arrive today and a second to dock sometime next week in Port Newark, state transportation officials said the salt crisis is far from over, especially with a potential snowstorm predicted for Tuesday.